But the peeps are VERY optimistic about the Trump recovery, looking ahead.

The Clown has not done anything to deserve any credit.   It has all been scandals, conspiracies, lies and investigations.

I clearly see people doing better and spending money again in my business.  I see people taking vacations again that couldn't.  People are more confident with spending money.

Look, we had numerous lefties telling us for years here how "great" the economy was, pointing to this stat or that stat, and the first election post-Barry was to bounce his economic doppelgänger in Hillary.

translate to good time for Main St.

Sure, the stock market is up! Never ever thought I'd say this but "thanx Donald!"  People and companies were/still-are all excited about tax cuts.  However, whatever tax cuts actually happen will be the square root of what Trump's promised....and then the market will say "oh shit, WTF happened?"

the dems/libs who do not recognize reality probably will have TDS for at least 8 yrs...nothing but fake news come out of their mouth.....

Most people don't feel that the economy has changed until it already has.  

I think it's more about end times thinking!

You know, the hypothetical, if a meteor is heading our way to destroy the planet, would you really keep all your money in savings or the stock market, or take it out and blow it? Or, if we find ourselves in the middle of a nuclear attack, all the coworkers, who are attracted to one another, quickly grinding one out before the bombs hit!

McJobs? Stagnant wages? A HC law that gave incentive to hire fewer workers? Thousands of more regulations? 10 trillion in new debt? Incredibly anemic growth? Puh-lease.  

You quoted one poll, so here's another.  Yes!  Gallup again.  Read it and weep.  And, yes, some of the internal numbers are not so bad, but 37% is a record low going all the way back to the first Gallup poll in '53.

There's clearly a direct correlation between Trump's election and the record highs.  But the run-up was premised on tax cuts and infrastructure spending that now may not happen in the wake of his health care disaster.  If they don't come to pass the market will tank.

He is right side up.  

All I said was Consumer Confidence is a lagging indicator. I did not say it wasn't an important indicator, but it is an indicator of how people feel today, as well as the past few months, hence my trite little comment on giving Obama some credit as this indicator builds over time. Maybe I should have attached an emoji.  

And of course I agree, should expectations not be met, the markets will crash. No doubt in my mind.  

The stock market is over valued. Correction/crash could happen any day now. The deep state is not ready to bring it down yet. They are afraid federal reserve will be the blame. the economy is weaker than most people realize.  

I am NOT a "Lefty". You can say that I have an almost a "white hot" hatred for both groups. I did not vote for Trump, and I did not vote for Hillary. Although I do not post much, I believe I've mentioned a few times that I am an Independent.

...talks to a guy slinging hash and another one selling widgets in order to determine consumer confidence.  Why in the world would you doubt Jack's scientific method?  Bwahahahahahahahah!!!

I tend to label you as "rational," but you post so infrequently I'm not even sure of that. LOL.  And if you use too many words in all caps he'll accuse you of crying your eyes out or wetting yourself.  He's nothing if not predictable.

Still vying for Dunphy's love and attention I see. You are the very definition of insanity in the flesh.

Just in Trump's presidency weakens stock markets​

The states with highest per capita income and spending voted against the Clown!    The welfare states voted for the Clown.

But then I read his reasons.  Being too lazy to actually check all his assertions, here are a few thoughts:
1) If retail stores are closing it doesn't mean consumer sales are lagging.  Just that bricks and mortar are losing to Amazon, et. al.
2) If used car prices are down it may mean it's because supply is up because people are spending more money on NEW cars. Did you notice Ford just announced a multi-billion dollar expansion of its factories?  They are going to make smaller numbers of their compact (low profit margin) cars and more SUVs and light trucks with higher margins.
3) If new cars are sitting on lots longer it may be the time of year.  Are you citing quarter to quarter figures or year over year? Only the latter are meaningful.
4) If there are real estate bubbles popping how come the Case-Shiller index of home prices hit a 31-month high in January?
5) The GDP in Feb. was NOT down. The rate of increase was down but there was an increase.
You really are clueless, aren't you, Dave?

If I laughed any harder I really might wet myself.

You can't possibly be this stupid, can you?

Oh yeah,  it was Obama's fault?

From real news
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/28/us-heading-for-recession-after-2-years-of-unsustainable-growth-economist-says.html

So I can do exactly the opposite.  It will be a sure thing.

I do think there will be a correction, but not quite yet.

Did you notice how they didn't continue to raise the rates until after thr election.  Raising rates will slow down economy into recession.  Recession brings on a bear market.  

Not when we are only a few hundred points off of the record highs set only a couple of weeks ago.

There is ALWAYS going to be another correction. That's not unhealthy, its just the way the markets work.

Yes the market can rallies like today with even higher increases.  The trend is still down.  We could go back below 50 day moving average like we did yesterday.  Remember in 2000 consumer confidence hit a all time high.  2 months later stock market bubble popped.

the collapse of our illegitimate president??

Rates are still at historic lows and haven't even pushed mortgage rates up yet.  Higher rates have already lifted the banking sector.  The real question is, why am I even talking to such a clueless dunce?
Did you notice the market was up 150 today?

Trump says he can get GDP growth of 4-5 even 6%.  He's just makin shit up outta nuthin.

and it's the gospel truth. You really can't be that stupid. But then again, for every winner there is a loser. Everyday on CNBC there are multiple articles about the pending doom and gloom of the market, and equal number about the market going higher. If there is no consensus with so-called experts, then picking one article out of a thousand is a really pathetic way to make investing decisions.  

So tell us all anowflake, what did Obama do that was so spectacular?

Ok...but he still won. Isn't that what the election is all about?  

Don't try to meet up with Dave.......that will protect your future and keep you out of jail thus securing more finances for the hobby.  

Every person has different time frames and objectives. No one plan fits all for investments. It also depends on peoples asset allocation and how many chips they have on the table.

There are all types of things going on and its the market. Here is an example. Lets see this week is when people get capital gains and income distributions for index funds. The market could have gone up for folks re-investing those distributions back into the index. You also have shorts covering, options expiring. You have banking stocks like Goldman Sacs coming back up because it has taken a beating (shorting) since last week. It is a major factor in the dow going up and down.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qVMA2A0ESo

Better indexes took at are S&P 500, Wilshire 5000, and Russell 2000.  

and all that other shit.  Yep!  You're a lefty.  And, yes, I get it.  The righties are hypocrites.  But do you seriously think your positions make you anything but a lefty?
ROFLMAOPIP!
OK, you win.  From now on I'll call you a righty.
PS: Do you have the remotest clue what a douchebag you are?  No more soup for you.

So signing unconstitutional executive orders banning Muslims from some countries raises DOW numbers ?    Or for that matter claiming former President wiretapped his building in NYC?    Or may be the Russian connection pushing the DOW up.

But your sheer idiocy transcends all "time frames and objectives." You are in LaLa Land and beyond clueless.  i am quite sure you have no assets or chips on the table,

He really CAN be that stupid.

Also, look at the other averages.  The Dow does not tell the whole story.
That said, I do expect a correction and am partly through a retrenchment that over the coming months will see my portfolio only at 25% in stocks.  I do hope you are OK with that.  I might find it hard to sleep tonight if you were not.

After the fed raises interest rates 2 times the stock market has a new cycle high, then the fed raises interest rates we have had a correction of 27% to 56% in the S&P 500. One time it did not happen that was before the below off of 1999 to 2000. That resulted in the 2000 to 2003 (long) bear market.

Get well soon.  Can you afford the co-pay? LMAO!
And we don't "think" you're a "doosh." We "know" you're a douche.

All the rest of your lines are just as old and worn out. Like the rest of you.  This board is your only oxygen, cupcake. Without this board and the computer you borrow at the library you'd have no life at all.

Some of them he has already kept, time will tell just how many of the rest of them he will be able to keep.

More evidence fed is going to cause market crash/correction and possibly a recession. They hate trump and want to do everything to damage his legacy.  

Not "Repeal & Replace!"

Oops!  No!
But he got tough with China by threatening the "one China policy" right?  Wrong.  When the Chinks got pissed, Donnie folded. Then they gave him a licensing deal.
But he's gonna make Europe and Japan pay us back for defending them!  Well, not so much.
And if those nasty Iranian speed boats screw with our ships in the Persian Gulf he's gonna blow them away, right?  Well they did and Donnie ignored it.
I could go on.
Now, all politicians lie.  But none of them lie nearly so much as our Donnie.

Raising the interest rates to calm the markets down.  
http://www.investors.com/news/economy/fed-policymaker-wants-4-rate-hikes-in-2017-markets-yawn/